Shortly before the Vikings took the field Sunday against Philadelphia, a report surfaced that the team has approached Penn State’s Bill O’Brien about becoming Minnesota’s coach.

CBSSports.com cited unnamed pro and college sources as saying both the Vikings and Houston Texans have approached O’Brien, who just completed his second season with the Nittany Lions. The Texans recently fired Gary Kubiak as coach, and Wade Phillips took over in an interim role.

Minnesota coach Leslie Frazier is under contract through next season. The Vikings entered Sunday’s game at 3-9-1, the NFL’s fourth-worst record.

O’Brien has coached Penn State under NCAA sanctions levied due to former assistant Jerry Sandusky having been convicted of molesting children and the school being accused of covering some of it up. The Nittany Lions have not been allowed to go to a bowl game the past two seasons, and also can’t go to one in 2014 and 2015.

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Also Sunday, it was reported on the NFL Network that two unnamed high-ranking NFL sources said the Vikings have no plans to trade star running back Adrian Peterson. Peterson, the 2012 NFL MVP, sat out Sunday’s game at the Metrodome due to a sprained right foot.